Photo by Johannes Plenio on Unsplash The results are in! First off, thank you to everyone who voted in my poll and gave me such great comments! I really appreciate the thoughtful feedback. I've been thinking about it a lot. The votes that hold a lot of weight for me are from people whom I know …
As we all know, a book really is judged by its cover. At least at first. It catches your eye on the shelf or on the webpage, and you think, "Ooh, THAT looks interesting. What's it about?" I've had the current cover of Headless for a year and a half now, and I've gotten some …
[Photo by Oliver Hihn on Unsplash] I wake in the morning IDEAS brimming BREATH flowing inspired to MAKE LIFE AMAZING and then I get online check email and facebook the news stabs a knife in my gut my soul is sucked to a husk I shut down folded like a fall leaf crushed underfoot ground into pavement a …
Photo by Randall Honold on Unsplash The other evening I was a little annoyed. I had planned to clean my apartment (including the dishes), answer all my emails, balance my checkbook, finish one of the novels I'm reading, finish writing my current novel, write ten more novels, run a marathon, climb Mount Everest, be the first human on …
Do you ever feel like someone slipped an invisibility potion into your morning cereal? I think it's happened to me this week. Texts have gone ignored, emails unanswered, phone calls unreturned. Maybe it's more like an unimportance potion, where anything coming from you just doesn't feel relevant. An irrelevancy potion. Every artist's deepest fear. The …
[Photo by JJ Ying on Unsplash] or pique. In my recent newsletter to my adoring fans, part of the subject line read, "and a first peak at the sequel!" Ugh. I am the kind of guy who rereads emails ten times to make sure every comma is in place and there are no misspellings or other egregious errors. …
[Photo by Savannah Walters on Unsplash] I love reading. It is such a part of who I am that it seems silly to even mention it. But apparently there are a lot of people out there who don't. That always surprises me, though at this point in life, it probably shouldn't. I read a fair amount in 2017, and …
[Photo by Jason Rosewell on Unsplash] Now you can listen to the dulcet tones of yours truly reading Akio and Masami’s thrilling adventure, Headless (Actual photo of me recording above). It was just released on Audible and will be on iTunes and Amazon very soon! GET A FREE CODE for the Audible version! Here's a sample from Chapter Two: …
The year is almost over. Again. They seem to be somewhat rapid fire lately. As I write this, I am craving cookies. I’ve been craving cookies all day. There are no cookies in my house. I am also riding the stationary bike as I write this. I know! Ridiculous! But this is something that I’ve …
Photo by Andrea Boldizsar on Unsplash. I haven’t written much about the sequel to Headless here. In fact, I think the only thing I’ve mentioned is that I am writing one. I actually haven’t told ANYONE what it’s about yet. Not even my wife. Not even my brother. Both of whom I share just about everything with. I …
